Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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394. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5862/25]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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There are currently 40 officers in my Department serving at Principal Officer, Assistant Secretary and Secretary General. The breakdown by grade and gender is set out in tabular form below.

My Department closely monitors and undertakes quarterly analysis on the proportion of male and female employees across all grades in the Department and on recruitment in terms of gender breakdown for all internal competitions.